{"id":2410729,"date":"2025-03-06T19:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T00:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-astronauts-stranded-in-space-were-coming-up-to-get-you-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T00:43:09","slug":"trump-tells-astronauts-stranded-in-space-were-coming-up-to-get-you-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-astronauts-stranded-in-space-were-coming-up-to-get-you-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells astronauts stranded in space: \u2018We\u2019re coming up to get you\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-tells-astronauts-stranded-in-space-were-coming-up-to-get-you-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump\u2064 addressed two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been stranded on the International Space \u200dStation (ISS) since June 2024. He enlisted tech billionaire Elon\u200c musk, the owner of SpaceX, to facilitate their \u2062return to Earth after their \u200dmission was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-regularly-abuses-nyu-students-nyu-keeps-taking-chinese-money-anyway\/\" title=\"China Regularly Abuses NYU Students. NYU Keeps Taking Chinese Money Anyway.\">extended due<\/a>\u200d to a malfunction with the Boeing\u2062 Starliner spacecraft. \u200cTrump indicated that Musk was preparing for a mission \u200bto rescue them soon. During a press briefing, Trump expressed his support for the \u200castronauts, humorously mentioning Williams&#8217; &#8220;wild \u2063hair&#8221; and highlighting concerns about the dangers thay face in space. The return of Wilmore and Williams\u200c is expected to occur \u200clater this month, following the arrival of their replacements on \u2064the\u200b ISS.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-staffers-humiliated-as-elon-musks-spacex-steps-in-to-save-stranded-astronauts-report\/\" title=\"Boeing Staffers &#039;Humiliated&#039; as Elon ...&#039;s ... 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Astronauts: Report\">astronauts stranded<\/a> in space: &lsquo;We&rsquo;re coming up to get you&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2028741\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> deputized tech billionaire and SpaceX owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> to bring back two astronauts stranded on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3042635\/nasa-says-no-emergency-audio-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> since June 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been stuck in space after their originally scheduled eight-day mission ended up with a malfunction in the Boeing&nbsp;<em>Starliner<\/em> during takeoff, forcing the spacecraft to return without the pair. NASA claimed their return was too risky.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340144\/usadf-doge-african-development-foundation-lawsuit\/\">US African Development Foundation head files lawsuit after standoff with DOGE employees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3340094\/trump-msnbc-rachel-maddow-nicole-wallace-resign-cancer-survivor-comments\/\">Trump calls for MSNBC&rsquo;s Maddow and Wallace to &#8216;resign&#8217; over comments on cancer survivor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339970\/trump-push-change-daylight-savings-time\/\">Trump not sold on push to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">change daylight saving time<\/a>: &#8217;50-50 issue&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339757\/trump-cabinet-meeting-musk-instruct-agency-leaders-work-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP CONVENES CABINET MEETING WITH MUSK TO INSTRUCT AGENCY LEADERS TO WORK WITH DOGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have asked Elon. I said, do me a favor. Can you get them out? He said, yes he is preparing to go up I think in two weeks,&rdquo; Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>The NASA astronauts will get a ride on SpaceX after their replacements arrive next week at the International Space Station. <\/p>\n<p>The president had a kind message for Wilmore and Williams and noted the latter&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">trump<\/a>-hones-in-on-immigration-and-race-ahead-of-2024-election-washington-examiner\/&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8230; hones in on immigration and race ahead of 2024 election &#8211; Washington Examiner&#8221;>wild&#038;rdquo<\/a>; hair.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We love you and we&rsquo;re coming up to get you,&rdquo; Trump said before attacking his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. &ldquo;And you shouldn&rsquo;t have been up there so long.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump cracked a joke about hoping the two astronauts get along after nine months in space together before reflecting on the seriousness of the problems.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope they like each other,&rdquo; Trump said, prompting laughter from the room. &ldquo;And I see the woman with the wild hair, good, solid set of hair she&rsquo;s got. There&rsquo;s no kidding, there&rsquo;s no games with her hair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a danger up there too. They can have some failures up there. That would be very bad,&rdquo; Trump continued. You gotta get them out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Williams and Wilmore are expected to return to Earth later this month, according to NASA.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2028741\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2028741\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump assures stranded astronauts: &#8216;We\u2019re coming to get you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2410730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stranded-astronaunts.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20139,12701,5088,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2410729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-astronauts","tag-rescue","tag-space","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stranded-astronaunts.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410733,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410729\/revisions\/2410733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}